1 00:00:02,168 --> 00:00:08,441 [♪ whimsical music plays] 2 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:21,221 [Tig Strassburg] Damn. 3 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:23,590 Sprung the snare. 4 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:25,091 [Tig Strassburg] MISSED 'EM. 5 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:26,326 WHATEVER IT WAS. 6 00:00:26,726 --> 00:00:28,795 [Tig Strassburg] Something coming in this way. 7 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:32,032 I set these snares for wolf, 8 00:00:32,098 --> 00:00:34,134 for some reason this year 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,669 I'm noticing a lot more wolf tracks 10 00:00:36,736 --> 00:00:38,772 a lot closer into town. 11 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:40,840 We've already found two dead moose 12 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:43,276 within 10 miles of town. 13 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:46,546 Cows and calves that's our next generation's food. 14 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:48,681 Wolves they're pretty much talking food 15 00:00:48,748 --> 00:00:50,750 right out of our mouths. 16 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:56,456 An active wolf pack it's a key part of our ecosystem but 17 00:00:56,523 --> 00:00:59,492 such a large pack killing so many moose close to town, 18 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:02,929 it's upon guys like me to keep these animals in check. 19 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:10,437 [♪ theme music plays] 20 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:15,208 [Tig Strassburg] Well, the wolf pack came through, 21 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:20,713 they came back down the river but kinda true to my luck 22 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:22,549 everywhere I've gone and set anything 23 00:01:22,615 --> 00:01:24,784 they've stayed away from that area. 24 00:01:24,851 --> 00:01:28,354 They're not coming into anything I'm setting. 25 00:01:31,991 --> 00:01:34,961 Just continue trying, I guess. 26 00:01:41,167 --> 00:01:43,570 I'm out here looking for wolves but at the same time 27 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:45,905 I'm also looking for a bull. 28 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:49,476 Moose seasons open it's still a good opportunity for me 29 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:51,945 to get some meat for the rest of the year. 30 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:01,454 [Tig Strassburg] IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE 31 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:02,589 A BULL MOOSE OUT THERE 32 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:04,524 [Tig Strassburg] How its toes are split apart. 33 00:02:04,591 --> 00:02:06,960 There's definitely a cow and a calf in here but 34 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:10,763 I think there's a third one, a bull also maybe. 35 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:16,769 With the wolf pack moving up and down the river 36 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:20,173 they're scaring off a lot of moose, 37 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,277 they're not in the areas where we can easily access them. 38 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:28,114 They just get into really tight, 39 00:02:28,181 --> 00:02:30,517 hard to get to areas. 40 00:02:34,721 --> 00:02:37,690 Lot of tracks, think positive. 41 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:48,201 Well, I've been out here all day I'm not having any luck, 42 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:50,570 no wolves, no moose. 43 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:52,906 I don't wanna go empty handed but 44 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:54,407 I'm starting to lose day light so 45 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:56,743 it's about time I start heading home. 46 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,582 Hey some ptarmigan. 47 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:05,852 [gun clicks] 48 00:03:07,053 --> 00:03:11,424 [gunshots] 49 00:03:12,325 --> 00:03:14,127 [Tig Strassburg] GOT ONE! 50 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:18,464 [Tig Strassburg] Not much but it's something. 51 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:21,467 The kids like to eat this one. 52 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:24,771 [Tig Strassburg] HAPPY LITTLE BLESSING. 53 00:03:25,104 --> 00:03:26,406 [Tig Strassburg] Wouldn't mind if I got one more. 54 00:03:26,472 --> 00:03:27,941 I am... 55 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:30,743 [Tig Strassburg] KULE [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 56 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:33,613 POOR 57 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,481 [Tig Strassburg] ...Hunter. Poor hunter. Kule is poor. 58 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:37,417 [laughs] 59 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:48,394 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Is this just a regular church service? 60 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:50,263 [Marcella Amodo-White] Yeah. 61 00:03:52,765 --> 00:03:55,335 Make sure the dogs don't come in. 62 00:03:59,138 --> 00:04:01,608 [Marcella Amodo-White] THIS IS THE PROTECTION OF THE THEOTOKOS. 63 00:04:02,008 --> 00:04:04,544 [Marcella Amodo-White] Which is a Russian Orthodox church. 64 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:09,549 And this church was built in 1926, I believe. 65 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:13,820 We've always been told that we have 66 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:15,855 a strong spiritual bond here. 67 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:19,192 Our church is the heart of this community. 68 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:22,895 Every outsider that has visited our village the church 69 00:04:22,962 --> 00:04:25,064 just tends to always intrigue them. 70 00:04:25,131 --> 00:04:27,200 It literally calls them in. 71 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,804 It's very important that our church still remains open, 72 00:04:31,871 --> 00:04:35,308 even if it's just a single person that comes up to church. 73 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:37,710 A single person can pray for the entire community. 74 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:40,480 So, we don't attend just for ourselves. 75 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:49,555 Keeping a spiritual life is just as important as 76 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:52,091 keeping our subsistence way of life. 77 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:56,796 [Marcella Amodo-White] THE MORNING MINUS TIDES ARE HERE. 78 00:04:58,197 --> 00:04:59,666 [Marcella Amodo-White] We wait all winter long for this 79 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:01,868 time to get here. 80 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:05,605 Me and my girls are gonna get the church prepped and 81 00:05:05,672 --> 00:05:08,875 ready then go out and hit up the minus tides 82 00:05:08,941 --> 00:05:11,144 see what kind of goodies we can find. 83 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:14,714 We're hoping for octopus. 84 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:16,716 We should be back in time for-- 85 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:17,650 [Marcella Amodo-White] OUR CHURCH SERVICE. 86 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,055 [Marcella Amodo-White] Uncle Marvin is waiting for us. 87 00:05:22,121 --> 00:05:23,423 We don't want to keep him waiting. 88 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:25,124 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Okay. 89 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:31,831 [Marcella Amodo-White] Good morning uncle. 90 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:32,932 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Hello uncle Marvin. 91 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:35,134 [Marvin Agnot] Good morning, what a beautiful day for us to 92 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:36,669 go on this adventure. 93 00:05:36,736 --> 00:05:38,705 Are you guys happy? 94 00:05:38,771 --> 00:05:41,074 We gotta go an hour before the tide change. 95 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:42,642 [Marcella Amodo-White] Awesome, sounds good. 96 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:44,677 [Marvin Agnot] I'll push this out. 97 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:49,582 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Hopefully we get lucky, 98 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:51,851 'cause if we get an octopus my mom said she's going to 99 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:53,786 teach me how to cook one up. 100 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:56,022 And I'm super excited to learn. 101 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:04,897 [Marvin Agnot] I'm very happy to be able to show Jaz and Julz 102 00:06:04,964 --> 00:06:08,801 my ability and my knowledge of the subsistence way of living. 103 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:13,172 When I see the appreciation and being a part of their growth, 104 00:06:13,239 --> 00:06:15,274 man that's priceless. 105 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:21,280 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Hope we get lucky. 106 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:23,015 I like to eat my octopus pickled that's 107 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:24,984 my favorite way to eat octopus. 108 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:26,853 [Marcella Amodo-White] You could cook it and eat it that way, 109 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:30,289 some people can it and we also use it for halibut bait. 110 00:06:30,656 --> 00:06:32,892 Don't ever want anything to go to waste. 111 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:39,098 [Marvin Agnot] I'm just gonna park our skiff here so 112 00:06:39,165 --> 00:06:41,501 it'll stay off the beach. 113 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:48,975 You guys got the, you got your hose? 114 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:50,777 -Yes. -Yeah. 115 00:06:50,843 --> 00:06:53,546 -Hope we score. -Haha, yeah. 116 00:06:54,380 --> 00:06:55,882 [Marvin Agnot] You see the clam shells right there, 117 00:06:55,948 --> 00:06:57,116 is that a good sign? 118 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,451 -Yeah. -See that? 119 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:00,720 [Marvin Agnot] Well, here's our rock. 120 00:07:02,388 --> 00:07:03,389 I thought when we were back there, 121 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:06,058 I'd seen these clams that look like a hole but. 122 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:09,228 [Marcella Amodo-White] There's usually, usually is a big burrow right there. 123 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:10,997 [Marvin Agnot] I thought there was. 124 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:12,298 Yeah, let me take a gander. 125 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:14,634 Let me see this hose here. 126 00:07:15,501 --> 00:07:18,404 Octopus like to live under rocks. 127 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:21,874 How we get the octopus out from under the rock is we stick 128 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:25,678 the hose in there and blow air in the hole and stir up 129 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:28,247 and they'll come crawling out. 130 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:30,583 [splashing] 131 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,251 I hear water. 132 00:07:32,318 --> 00:07:34,687 [Marcella Amodo-White] Don't feel anything squishy? 133 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:40,593 [Marvin Agnot] WELL HE'S NOT HOME. 134 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:43,629 [Marvin Agnot] Okay, well we'll just walk down there 135 00:07:43,696 --> 00:07:45,531 and check out the others. 136 00:07:45,598 --> 00:07:48,601 -Sounds good. -Okay, yeah. 137 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,369 [Marcella Amodo-White] Still got some time. 138 00:07:50,436 --> 00:07:52,472 [Marvin Agnot] We'll get one. 139 00:08:11,257 --> 00:08:14,060 [Joel Jacko] So, I got a stash of logs across the lake. 140 00:08:14,126 --> 00:08:17,964 When I cut these logs, I threw them on the ice and 141 00:08:18,030 --> 00:08:19,932 everything's melting now. 142 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:22,335 So, I kinda need to get them off the ice before 143 00:08:22,401 --> 00:08:25,204 they fall through the ice, and I can't like, retrieve them. 144 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:38,718 I got a couple projects I gotta finish in the house, 145 00:08:38,784 --> 00:08:41,087 I can't do that without, uh, lumber. 146 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:48,094 Well, these logs are basically for siding 147 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,096 and then my interior walls. 148 00:08:50,162 --> 00:08:54,267 There's no longer trees near the house so that's why 149 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:59,405 I'm going miles away now to find these trees just for milling. 150 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:12,418 These are a bunch of the logs I cut about a week ago 151 00:09:12,485 --> 00:09:13,686 before it snowed. 152 00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:15,154 I don't actually remember how many logs I got 153 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,924 but it looks like seven or eight. 154 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:21,093 But I gotta try to tow them back with the sled and 155 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,862 the snow machine's not really big enough to be, 156 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:24,463 you know, towing logs around. 157 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:27,867 So, I'll go ahead and give it a shot see how it goes. 158 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:31,304 [grunting] 159 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:33,172 Oh man. 160 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:35,508 [grunts] 161 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:37,543 Heavier than I remember. 162 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:39,512 Oh! 163 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:42,014 [grunting] 164 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:43,883 Oh man! 165 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:47,553 I don't know this is pretty freaking heavy. 166 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:49,855 [grunts] 167 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:52,725 Might be too much for the little Tundra. 168 00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:56,195 I'm not, I'm not liking this so far. 169 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:59,498 I mean it's gotta be 300 pounds. 170 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,335 Here goes nothing. 171 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:18,084 We got 20 feet, three miles to go. 172 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:35,635 [engine revving] 173 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:46,312 I don't think this is going to work. 174 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:51,984 [Joel Jacko] This isn't even the steepest hill I have to go up. 175 00:10:52,051 --> 00:10:54,453 I have to figure out something else to do, I think. 176 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,289 I'm like halfway home. 177 00:11:05,698 --> 00:11:07,600 [grunts] 178 00:11:09,902 --> 00:11:10,903 [grunts] 179 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:12,772 If I was using a four wheel this wouldn't be a problem. 180 00:11:12,838 --> 00:11:15,341 There wasn't snow a week ago. 181 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:17,076 [grunts] 182 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:19,512 I should've probably tried to get them out then. 183 00:11:19,578 --> 00:11:21,747 [grunts] 184 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,251 I'm just gonna build my house out of hay. 185 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:28,154 [grunting] 186 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:29,789 [sighs] 187 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:34,794 All right. 188 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,696 I can get the sled out, 189 00:11:36,762 --> 00:11:40,900 turn it around, I don't know if this is worth it. 190 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:44,336 I've got like eight more logs out there. 191 00:11:44,403 --> 00:11:46,205 [panting] 192 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:48,774 I definitely don't wanna do this again. 193 00:11:50,042 --> 00:11:51,777 All right. 194 00:11:53,479 --> 00:11:56,982 I'm done hauling logs, I'll just go get the mill and I'll take it 195 00:11:57,049 --> 00:12:00,186 down to where the logs are, I'll just mill them in place. 196 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:05,925 And I can haul just the boards, 197 00:12:05,991 --> 00:12:10,362 you know, the usable lumber so think we'll go to plan B. 198 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:29,782 [Marvin Agnot] There is a hole here I could, 199 00:12:29,849 --> 00:12:31,584 that's a good hole there. 200 00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:37,156 [Marcella Amodo-White] So, when he let, lets the hose go 201 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:39,358 if there's a octopus is in there, he could. 202 00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:41,026 When the legs are moving around, it'll, 203 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:43,262 you'll see movement on the hose. 204 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:47,733 [Marvin Agnot] No disturbance. 205 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,001 [Marcella Amodo-White] No fluctuation in the water. 206 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:50,336 [Marvin Agnot] No, there's no disturbance 207 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:53,272 I think he is not home. 208 00:12:54,073 --> 00:12:55,074 Well. 209 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:58,010 There's a couple there we could walk down. 210 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,313 There was no octopus on these first couple rocks that 211 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:05,284 I checked but, um, we'll just keep looking along the beach and 212 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:07,653 hope we get an octopus. 213 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,557 -A bidarkies mom! -You found one? 214 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,425 [Jazmine Amodo-White] There's a big bidarkies. 215 00:13:13,492 --> 00:13:15,161 [Marvin Agnot] Oh, big bidarkies. 216 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:17,630 Oh, those are really good to gnaw on. 217 00:13:17,696 --> 00:13:19,165 [Marcella Amodo-White] I got my knife. 218 00:13:19,231 --> 00:13:20,399 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Oh, can I get it? 219 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:23,435 [Marvin Agnot] There you go, you spotted it. 220 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:28,808 Bidarkies are a part of our way of subsisting. 221 00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:32,411 [Marvin Agnot] THE CHITONS ON THE BEACH STUCK TO THE ROCK. 222 00:13:32,778 --> 00:13:33,779 [Marvin Agnot] Very tasty. 223 00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:36,982 Yeah, here you go fresh, fresh. 224 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:38,517 [Marcella Amodo-White] May not have found octopus yet 225 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:39,852 but were getting bidarkies. 226 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:41,754 We're scoring regardless. 227 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:46,258 Gathering food from the land as a family is very important. 228 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:47,326 Very meaningful. 229 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:48,460 [Jazmine Amodo-White] I like to eat them raw. 230 00:13:48,527 --> 00:13:49,628 [Marvin Agnot] Yeah, that's the, right off the beach. 231 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:51,463 [Marcella Amodo-White] Fresh right off the beach. 232 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:54,967 [Marvin Agnot] It's an acquired taste but we love it. 233 00:13:55,034 --> 00:13:56,235 [Jazmine Amodo-White] I call the tongue. 234 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:57,503 [Juliana Amodo-White] I want the tongue. 235 00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:58,604 [Marvin Agnot] You want the tongue? 236 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,773 [laughter] 237 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,578 [Marvin Agnot] I'm so happy to see that our family tradition 238 00:14:05,644 --> 00:14:07,913 it still goes on and how they still enjoy these because 239 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:11,150 of how we practice our ways of living off the beach. 240 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:18,490 Tasty? 241 00:14:18,557 --> 00:14:20,793 [Jazmine Amodo-White] This is really good, I like it. 242 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:22,862 [Marvin Agnot] We're gonna walk right over the top of this, uh, 243 00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:24,930 bar right here, there's a couple rocks right on 244 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:26,932 the other side here I say we go check. 245 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:28,534 Nothing under that one? 246 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:30,769 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Hmm no. 247 00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:35,007 [Marcella Amodo-White] The roles of women, they've changed some. 248 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:39,078 When I was growing up my chores were more so home-based. 249 00:14:39,144 --> 00:14:44,550 But nowadays there seems to be a lot more female interest 250 00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:47,019 in wanting to get out and explore and 251 00:14:47,086 --> 00:14:49,688 learn how to do other stuff. 252 00:14:51,156 --> 00:14:53,158 [Juliana Amodo-White] I think I found a hole over here. 253 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:57,429 [Jazmine Amodo-White] THAT LOOKS LIKE A HOLE, ACTUALLY. 254 00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:01,066 [Juliana Amodo-White] Mommy, is this a hole? 255 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,702 [Marcella Amodo-White] Come and look. 256 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:06,705 [Marcella Amodo-White] DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO FEEL FOR? 257 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,340 YOU'RE USUALLY ABLE TO FEEL, 258 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:10,075 [Marcella Amodo-White] Something squishy then you feel 259 00:15:10,142 --> 00:15:11,911 something just sticking to the hose. 260 00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:13,879 Then you know that there's something's in there. 261 00:15:14,613 --> 00:15:16,148 [Marcella Amodo-White] IT'S NOT GOING IN VERY FAR THOUGH. 262 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,550 [Marcella Amodo-White] There probably was something in 263 00:15:18,617 --> 00:15:20,552 there at some point. 264 00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:23,555 [Marvin Agnot] Well, nice try. 265 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:26,525 [Marcella Amodo-White] Being able to go out with 266 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:30,029 my daughters, I hope that instills an empowerment in them, 267 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:32,665 you know, don't be afraid of failing. 268 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:36,702 Letting them know that girls could go out and do anything. 269 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:40,039 [Marvin Agnot] LET'S GO BACK TO THE SKIFF AND GO CHECK OUT 270 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:42,675 A COUPLE OF OTHER ROCKS BEFORE THE TIDE CHANGE ON US. 271 00:15:42,741 --> 00:15:43,742 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Okay. 272 00:15:43,809 --> 00:15:44,843 [Marcella Amodo-White] Maybe we'll have better luck over there. 273 00:15:44,910 --> 00:15:48,280 [Marvin Agnot] I hope so, tides still low enough. 274 00:15:56,588 --> 00:15:58,958 [Tig Strassburg] Nice night, might as well take a ride. 275 00:15:59,024 --> 00:16:00,626 [Louise Moses] Yeah. 276 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:02,294 [Tig Strassburg] Get away from the kids a little while. 277 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:04,129 [laughter] 278 00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:08,233 [Tig Strassburg] I like going out in the nighttime 279 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:09,735 and checking my traps. 280 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,037 Wolves they're a nocturnal animal, 281 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:13,872 darkness gives me another chance of 282 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:16,075 running into them on the trail. 283 00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:19,044 Today, I'm going to bring Louise with me, 284 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:21,313 I like to call her Lucky Lou. 285 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:22,948 A lot of times when I'm having bum luck, 286 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:26,652 I take her with me and she'll change my luck right around. 287 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:35,627 Another cow moose. 288 00:16:37,262 --> 00:16:39,064 [Tig Strassburg] NO DOOTS. 289 00:16:39,965 --> 00:16:42,101 HAD SOME LUCK TONIGHT. 290 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:45,371 WELL, CONTINUE ON I GUESS. 291 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,108 [Louise Moses] The growing wolf problem around Allakaket 292 00:16:49,174 --> 00:16:52,277 is pretty scary. 293 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,346 You know, we have kids walking to school 294 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:57,282 and it's a danger for them. 295 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:00,786 [Tig Strassburg] Wolf is super smart. 296 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,856 They're the apex predator out here in our woods. 297 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:05,791 Going after a wolf, it's, 298 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:07,993 it's not easy. 299 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:11,230 Trying to go after a animal that specializes in how to get 300 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:14,166 around without being detected. 301 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,605 It is dangerous, we don't know what to expect out here. 302 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,876 Let's go take a look. 303 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:29,615 [Tig Strassburg] THERE'S SOMETHING RIGHT THERE. 304 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:32,684 [Tig Strassburg] Oh, right there look. 305 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:34,353 Got a wolverine. 306 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:37,956 [Tig Strassburg] Still alive. 307 00:17:38,023 --> 00:17:39,958 Get behind me, over here Louise. 308 00:17:43,095 --> 00:17:45,164 [gunshot] 309 00:17:47,132 --> 00:17:48,967 [Tig Strassburg] ENAA BAASEE' [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 310 00:17:49,034 --> 00:17:51,703 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 311 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:53,105 [Tig Strassburg] This is good, if I can't catch teekkone, why not catch doyonh? 312 00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:54,807 [Tig Strassburg] WOLF [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 313 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:55,841 WOLVERINE [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 314 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:01,447 [Louise Moses] I'm not supposed to see any of this so 315 00:18:01,513 --> 00:18:04,616 I just gotta look away while he handles whatever he's doing. 316 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,888 It's a really powerful animal, we're not supposed to be around 317 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:12,891 when guys are working on the furs. 318 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:17,296 In our tradition, we're just respectful of the men 319 00:18:17,362 --> 00:18:19,164 that do these types of things. 320 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:20,499 If I want him to have luck, 321 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:23,802 I know I'm not supposed to look or anything. 322 00:18:24,803 --> 00:18:27,206 [Tig Strassburg] OK. MIGHT AS WELL GO GET THE MACHINE. 323 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:28,974 [Louise Moses] Steven... 324 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:30,776 [Louise Moses] I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING 325 00:18:30,843 --> 00:18:32,211 FOLLOWING YOU INTO THE WOODS 326 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:34,046 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 327 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:37,816 [Tig Strassburg] LIFE'S FUNNY LIKE THAT SOMETIMES. 328 00:18:38,550 --> 00:18:41,420 [Louise Moses] TOO MUCH TRUST IN YOU. 329 00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:50,696 [♪ suspenseful music plays] 330 00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:12,584 [♪ suspenseful music plays] 331 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:14,653 [Joel Jacko] Woah. 332 00:19:16,455 --> 00:19:19,391 So, the sawmill looks like it's pretty much buried in slush and 333 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:21,493 I'm worried that it's frozen to the ice, 334 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,328 also getting this thing out of here 335 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:25,864 is going to be a huge pain, I think. 336 00:19:26,231 --> 00:19:28,267 Man, this is a disaster. 337 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:34,206 Looks like all the slush kinda melted into water and 338 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:37,276 then refroze on top but underneath this 339 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:39,745 little bit of ice is actually just water. 340 00:19:39,811 --> 00:19:41,713 I thought that the track was going to be frozen into 341 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:43,849 the ground, but it actually might not be. 342 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:51,657 Kick this log off of here it's actually just my test log. 343 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:54,426 The main plan is to basically just get this out of here and 344 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:56,995 get it moved over to where my stash of logs is. 345 00:19:57,062 --> 00:19:59,031 'Cause obviously can't mill here anyways. 346 00:19:59,097 --> 00:20:01,300 Sawmill its super heavy. 347 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:03,535 The power head is the heaviest part, 348 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:08,173 so I pretty much have to move the power head in one piece. 349 00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:09,942 Kinda more worried about my sled then 350 00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:12,611 I am the mill at this point. 351 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:21,820 [thuds] 352 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,755 Ugh! 353 00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:28,627 Defiantly crushed the sled. 354 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:32,197 I'm gonna pull the little feet off, 355 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:35,334 make it a little light, make it easier to move. 356 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,976 [sighs] 357 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:47,512 All right. 358 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:49,648 I think I'll probably have to make two trips, 359 00:20:49,715 --> 00:20:51,850 can't get any more on that trailer so, 360 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:53,619 I'd like to move this track in one piece, 361 00:20:53,685 --> 00:20:55,687 but I don't think that's going to happen. 362 00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:58,857 Gotta get it out of here first. 363 00:21:00,692 --> 00:21:02,995 [grunts] 364 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:06,331 [grunts] 365 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:08,934 [groans] 366 00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:15,307 [grunts] 367 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,111 Phew. 368 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:21,280 So, this is a good reminder of why I have to get those logs out 369 00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:24,950 now and get the mill out because the ice is thawing out 370 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:27,552 like super quick. 371 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:29,921 And we barely have any ice to begin with. 372 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:32,124 Once the ice does start to go I mean it's gonna 373 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:33,325 be gone in a matter of a couple days. 374 00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:37,496 So, I really gotta get everything done pretty soon. 375 00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:46,838 All right, I got, I got the mill out of the ice. 376 00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:49,908 I mean now all I gotta do is haul everything over, uh, 377 00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,677 to the new location. 378 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:55,280 I'll run this down make one more trip I think with the tracks, 379 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:56,982 and I think that'll be it and I can set it up 380 00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:59,051 start ripping boards. 381 00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:13,965 [♪ upbeat music plays] 382 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:22,040 [Marcella Amodo-White] No luck on this big island, 383 00:22:22,107 --> 00:22:25,210 hopefully we'll have some luck on the smaller one. 384 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:28,180 It took us a while last year to find them. 385 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:43,261 [Marvin Agnot] I'm just gonna park down here so 386 00:22:43,328 --> 00:22:45,464 our skiff stays off the beach. 387 00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:54,473 -You got the hose? -Yes. 388 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:56,608 [Marvin Agnot] Oh, cool like that. 389 00:22:58,510 --> 00:22:59,845 Well, we'll walk right over to see this rock 390 00:22:59,911 --> 00:23:00,946 right over on the point over here. 391 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:02,013 [Juliana Amodo-White] Yeah. 392 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,449 [Marvin Agnot] Yeah, we're pretty close to this one. 393 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:05,617 You want me to carry them? 394 00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:06,885 [Jazmine Amodo-White] I got it. 395 00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:09,688 -Hope we get one. -Yeah. 396 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:11,256 [Marcella Amodo-White] As long as rocks are showing 397 00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:12,791 then we have. 398 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:14,526 [Marvin Agnot] We got hope! 399 00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,932 Nothing. 400 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:23,535 Yeah, looks pretty quiet. 401 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:27,038 Well, we'll just walk around and find those other rocks. 402 00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:33,712 Well, this is pretty big here, 403 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,647 there's more rocks over there we can check. 404 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:37,349 [Marcella Amodo-White] No, there's one right there! 405 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,451 [Marvin Agnot] Oh, cool I see it. Do you see it? 406 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:41,286 -I see the leg. -Oh, yeah. 407 00:23:41,353 --> 00:23:43,455 [Marvin Agnot] I can see his legs right there. 408 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:46,091 We found one! Woo! 409 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:49,161 Marcella seen it, looked right down and the same rock 410 00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:52,764 that I walked right by so I must need some new glasses. 411 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,868 Yeah. 412 00:23:56,935 --> 00:24:01,573 I'm gonna throw that away so it has an easy way of climbing out. 413 00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:03,909 There you go you wanna get it? 414 00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:06,077 [Jazmine Amodo-White] I can do it. 415 00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:07,145 [Marcella Amodo-White] You wanna stick the tip under 416 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:08,747 that rock part just don't touch it 417 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:10,282 though otherwise it's gonna sink. 418 00:24:10,715 --> 00:24:12,284 [Marvin Agnot] Go ahead, you got it, 419 00:24:12,350 --> 00:24:15,020 I'll look for another hole. 420 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:18,723 [sucks] 421 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:37,342 [♪ suspenseful music plays] 422 00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:38,743 [Marcella Amodo-White] Lot of small ones now. 423 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:40,345 [Jazmine Amodo-White] They're Tinky sized. 424 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:41,746 [Marcella Amodo-White] It's a tiny one, enough 425 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:42,814 for a meal though. 426 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:44,483 [Marvin Agnot] Oh, yeah, that's enough for a meal. 427 00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:46,451 Plenty big. 428 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:48,253 Go watch your mom, she'll show 'ya. 429 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:49,888 [Marvin Agnot] PRETTY SOON YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE 430 00:24:49,955 --> 00:24:51,056 DOING THAT TOO. 431 00:24:54,025 --> 00:24:56,294 [Marcella Amodo-White] Watching my brothers and my mom process 432 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:59,764 an octopus on the beach is basically how I learned. 433 00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:03,235 If you watch it enough times, then you know what to do. 434 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:07,239 Awesome, nice and clean now. 435 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:10,609 [Marvin Agnot] There you go, good job, Mars. 436 00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:12,611 Way to go. Well, good job kids, 437 00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:15,413 I'm so happy, now you guys can have a good treat. 438 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,481 [Marcella Amodo-White] Yes! 439 00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:19,885 [Marvin Agnot] Your fruits of your labor on a beautiful day. 440 00:25:19,951 --> 00:25:23,955 Now, we'll beat the tide, as you can see the tide is coming in. 441 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:26,658 We got the foam on the beach. 442 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,994 [Marvin Agnot] WE'LL GO MAKE SURE WE CAN REACH OUR ANCHOR. 443 00:25:29,327 --> 00:25:30,362 [Marvin Agnot] As you see, tide came in and I just put 444 00:25:30,428 --> 00:25:31,463 a short anchor line. 445 00:25:31,530 --> 00:25:33,732 -Sounds good. -All right. 446 00:25:33,798 --> 00:25:35,534 [Marcella Amodo-White] Call this a successful day. 447 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,335 We can go ahead and head on home 448 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:39,504 and then be time for church. 449 00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:46,811 [ice cracking] 450 00:25:56,087 --> 00:26:00,926 [♪ suspenseful music plays] 451 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:14,472 [Joel Jacko] I got the last of the mill together. 452 00:26:14,539 --> 00:26:16,308 That was not smooth. 453 00:26:17,809 --> 00:26:20,312 I mean I had to get it stuck multiple times but 454 00:26:20,378 --> 00:26:22,080 I'm glad I got everything here. 455 00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:25,483 Get the mill set up, start ripping. 456 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:30,221 [grunts] 457 00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:31,656 Yeah. 458 00:26:31,723 --> 00:26:34,092 It's time for the pain. 459 00:26:34,626 --> 00:26:37,062 I'm gonna try to stand this thing up now. 460 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:40,498 All the weights on this end, so you're just basically man hand, 461 00:26:40,565 --> 00:26:43,568 like there's not another way to like lift this up really. 462 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:51,676 [grunts] 463 00:26:54,045 --> 00:26:58,950 [grunting] 464 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:03,588 [sighs] 465 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:06,291 Huh, all right. 466 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:08,893 So now I got, all I gotta do is put the blade on. 467 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,895 Whoa! 468 00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:16,334 I'm just gonna make sure everything's running so that, 469 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:19,237 I don't have to mess with it tomorrow or, you know, 470 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:22,474 if I need parts then I can grab them when I go home. 471 00:27:24,075 --> 00:27:26,077 But it was also on its side for a long time and 472 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,780 that's not like great for motors so. 473 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:39,958 Looks good. 474 00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:45,330 Yeah. I mean it's running. 475 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:46,398 It's moving. 476 00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:48,400 I'll be back tomorrow, start ripping. 477 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:06,484 [Tig Strassburg] Oh, [bleep]. 478 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,588 I caught a wolf somewhere. 479 00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:17,095 See this, this wreckage right here is from the, from my trap. 480 00:28:20,498 --> 00:28:22,767 See, I had my trap right here. 481 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,974 Okay, he's dragging it down the trail. 482 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:31,810 Might still have him. 483 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:35,580 Never ever want any animal that we hunt to suffer so 484 00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:38,149 we got to go out there and find it quickly. 485 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:39,851 You wait right here, ma. 486 00:28:39,918 --> 00:28:41,886 I gotta go cruise across the river. 487 00:28:42,353 --> 00:28:44,089 Wait right there. 488 00:28:44,155 --> 00:28:46,024 -Okay. -You'll be okay. 489 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:52,464 [sighs] 490 00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:12,684 [♪ suspenseful music plays] 491 00:29:17,188 --> 00:29:19,357 [Tig Strassburg] I lost it. 492 00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:20,725 I thought that was the drag mark, 493 00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:22,660 that's not it though. 494 00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:28,833 Hey, right there! 495 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:31,136 See the eyes? They're right there! 496 00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:41,179 [♪ suspenseful music plays] 497 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:42,814 [gunshot] 498 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:45,550 [Tig Strassburg] ENAA BAASEE' [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 499 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,519 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 500 00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,254 [Tig Strassburg] That is not easy animal to catch. 501 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,724 Truly, truly blessed. 502 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:55,460 Truly blessed. 503 00:30:00,965 --> 00:30:04,235 Hopefully, you know, I got these wolves off the river now. 504 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:06,871 A lot of times you get one of them and 505 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:09,307 they're gonna stay off the river after that. 506 00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:11,075 [Tig Strassburg] THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK 507 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:12,744 TO THE AREA AS MUCH ANYMORE. 508 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,781 [Tig Strassburg] Beautiful black wolf. 509 00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:19,184 Look at his belly, full too. 510 00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:23,254 [Tig Strassburg] THAT IS A MOOSE KILLER FOR SURE. 511 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:24,989 [Tig Strassburg] Perfect wolf. 512 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:27,258 [Tig Strassburg] ENAA BAASEE' [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE]. 513 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:28,927 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 514 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:30,528 [Tig Strassburg] I'll take good care of you. 515 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:33,765 I got nothing but love and respect for the wolf. 516 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,501 The way I'm gonna take care of it, 517 00:30:36,568 --> 00:30:37,769 the way I'm gonna handle it, 518 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,206 it's all out of love and admiration for this animal. 519 00:30:41,272 --> 00:30:45,577 My brother, he was a big wolf hunter. 520 00:30:46,377 --> 00:30:49,581 You know, it took a lot to make that guy proud. 521 00:30:49,647 --> 00:30:51,583 I don't think I ever heard him say, you know, 522 00:30:51,649 --> 00:30:53,451 he was proud of me or anything, 523 00:30:53,518 --> 00:31:00,091 but you know, I feel like he'd be smiling, 524 00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:03,494 seeing that I'm finally actually having a little bit of luck. 525 00:31:04,095 --> 00:31:09,000 If it wasn't for him with his hand on my shoulder right now. 526 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:11,836 I have a lot of people's hand on my shoulder right now, 527 00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:14,572 that are not with us no more. 528 00:31:14,639 --> 00:31:19,444 A lot of people that, you know, I love that aren't here no more, 529 00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:22,881 and I like to think they're with me when I'm out in the woods. 530 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:30,154 I gotta hurry up, my hunny's waiting. 531 00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:34,759 But this ain't nothing out of the normal for Louise. 532 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,128 [laughs] 533 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,580 [Joel Jacko] All right. 534 00:32:05,456 --> 00:32:07,859 So, when I put these logs here, I mean there was like no snow, 535 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:10,595 it was, I mean they were literally on clear ice and so, 536 00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,830 this is like all winters snow 537 00:32:12,897 --> 00:32:15,566 basically on top of them right now. 538 00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:25,677 [grunts] 539 00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:29,881 All right, I got my, all my logs ready to go. 540 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:32,750 Ready to just kinda get rolled on to the mill. 541 00:32:32,817 --> 00:32:35,753 It'll be good to get these ripped up and get them home. 542 00:32:36,654 --> 00:32:38,423 And then I can keep building, 543 00:32:38,489 --> 00:32:40,158 finish the house. 544 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:44,162 So, most of these logs I'm just making siding, 545 00:32:44,228 --> 00:32:48,333 so you'll probably get like maybe ten boards out of a log. 546 00:32:48,399 --> 00:32:50,068 Some of the off cuts we'll just cut them up 547 00:32:50,134 --> 00:32:52,003 and use them for firewood. 548 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:54,505 So, not, nothing really goes to waste. 549 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:11,556 I kinda always forget how time-consuming milling is. 550 00:33:11,956 --> 00:33:14,892 It's just all-day 'cause all you're doing is just 551 00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:18,262 pushing this thing back and forth, back and forth. 552 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:21,866 Right now, a lot that's going through my mind is like, 553 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:24,102 what's a better way to finish my house 554 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:27,205 then mill all this lumber? 555 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,707 There's gotta be a better way to do this. 556 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:32,610 But there's not, I can't even get lumber out here if 557 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,245 I wanted to right now. 558 00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:36,014 It is so expensive. 559 00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:38,683 One log down. 560 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:41,652 Everything is much harder out here, 561 00:33:41,719 --> 00:33:44,722 but the reward is much greater also I feel like. 562 00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:48,793 Once you get this lumber on the walls and you get it sanded 563 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:51,295 and stained, it looks so good. 564 00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:54,932 And I will have a one-of-a-kind house. 565 00:33:54,999 --> 00:33:57,869 All this pain and misery that I'm going through, 566 00:33:57,935 --> 00:34:00,238 at the end of the day you have story to tell, 567 00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:02,073 and you've accomplished something. 568 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:03,474 No, you're not out here nine-to-five, 569 00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:06,477 like nothing to show for it. 570 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:12,750 Ooh, it's getting cold out. 571 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,222 Man, I kinda lost the sunshine, 572 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:20,191 the snow rolled in. 573 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:25,530 If you don't like the weather in Alaska, 574 00:34:25,596 --> 00:34:27,532 you just wait 10 minutes. 575 00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:31,602 So, I got, I'm like halfway right now. 576 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:34,372 I got, uh, three more logs to go. 577 00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:35,673 I want to get these logs done before 578 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:37,742 this snow starts piling up. 579 00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:49,720 [snaps] 580 00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:51,989 [bleep], was afraid of that. 581 00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:55,526 [Joel Jacko] I gotta snap that blade. 582 00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:01,332 Oh yeah. 583 00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:04,469 Yeah. 584 00:35:04,535 --> 00:35:06,537 Yeah, I see it's snapped right in half. 585 00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:09,173 It's, these blades are like pretty old, 586 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,075 so they don't last too long. 587 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:14,178 I'll switch another blade out, but I want to 588 00:35:14,245 --> 00:35:17,315 get these logs done before the snow start piling up. 589 00:35:17,648 --> 00:35:19,784 You gotta be careful when they snap 'cause they can, 590 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:21,285 I mean they're pretty flimsy and they just want to 591 00:35:21,352 --> 00:35:24,889 kinda explode outwards 'cause it's spinning so fast. 592 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:29,227 Cut you pretty good and I'm in the middle of nowhere, so. 593 00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:36,667 Luckily, you know, it didn't kinda come out towards me. 594 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:39,670 It just kinda stayed inside the guard, which is good. 595 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:43,241 Yeah, I think it fits. 596 00:35:45,743 --> 00:35:47,345 All right. 597 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,182 So, I think with this lumber, 598 00:35:51,249 --> 00:35:53,084 I can basically finish a couple rooms in the house 599 00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:55,253 which means a lot. 600 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:58,156 I am excited just to get back into the building part. 601 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:01,726 So, this house, it means quite a bit to me because 602 00:36:01,792 --> 00:36:03,694 I've been working on it for so long. 603 00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:06,597 I had like zero money when I started building this house, 604 00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:08,833 and zero skill. 605 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,969 I feel like it's molded me as a person kinda just 'cause 606 00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:14,739 of the blood, sweat and tears in that thing. 607 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:17,141 Having a self-sustainable house, 608 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:20,411 it's a challenge and I do like a challenge. 609 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:23,281 I don't want an easy life. 610 00:36:23,347 --> 00:36:24,916 I don't want a sheet rocked house. 611 00:36:24,982 --> 00:36:26,184 I want a one-of-a-kind house. 612 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:27,919 I want a hard life. 613 00:36:34,058 --> 00:36:35,693 Oh, it's nice, the sun came back out. 614 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,597 I'm gonna hook this trailer up and get outta here. 615 00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:50,675 [Marcella Amodo-White] Jaz, go get ready to put the octopus in, 616 00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:51,943 you gonna come and help. 617 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:53,311 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Yeah! 618 00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:54,879 [Marcella Amodo-White] So, the waters boiling, 619 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,681 good you want to take the cover off as soon as 620 00:36:56,747 --> 00:36:58,683 I bring the octopus over. 621 00:36:59,817 --> 00:37:02,353 Take it off. 622 00:37:04,755 --> 00:37:06,090 And then we just let it boil. 623 00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:07,592 [Jazmine Amodo-White] How long do you let it boil for? 624 00:37:07,658 --> 00:37:10,161 [Marcella Amodo-White] Mm, I keep on coming and testing it 625 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:13,097 by poking it, just to see if the fork goes through. 626 00:37:14,198 --> 00:37:16,601 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Eep! I'm excited! 627 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:18,169 [laughs] 628 00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:22,306 [Marcella Amodo-White] It almost feels like I should know 629 00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:26,043 a whole lot more being Alaska Native than I really do, 630 00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:30,681 but my mom was ashamed to be Alaska Native. 631 00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:35,386 I'm not ashamed to be Alaska Native, I, you know, 632 00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:37,154 I can sit there and say it proudly. 633 00:37:38,456 --> 00:37:41,425 But there's pieces of that history missing. 634 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:45,129 There's not a lot of education there. 635 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:50,468 Um, to me honestly, 636 00:37:50,534 --> 00:37:55,072 there is a confusion on what being Alaska Native, 637 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:57,475 or you know, Alutiiq is. 638 00:37:57,975 --> 00:38:02,847 You know, I'm really happy for the teachers that we have now. 639 00:38:02,913 --> 00:38:06,317 They really pull for wanting to instill the native culture into 640 00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:09,720 our students here and the kids, 641 00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:11,922 they sit quietly and listen. 642 00:38:21,399 --> 00:38:23,668 So, I'm going to bring it over to the table and 643 00:38:23,734 --> 00:38:25,670 we're gonna take it out. 644 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:33,411 [Jazmine Amodo-White] That's pretty. 645 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:34,812 [Marcella Amodo-White] I know. 646 00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:37,548 I'm not 100% Alaska Native, 647 00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:41,819 I am also Filipino, and I practice Russian Orthodox. 648 00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:46,290 None of that is separate, it's just all a part of me. 649 00:38:47,591 --> 00:38:49,527 [Jazmine Amodo-White] What changed the most since you were young? 650 00:38:49,593 --> 00:38:50,594 [Marcella Amodo-White] There's a whole lot more 651 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:53,331 cultural diversity in the village. 652 00:38:53,397 --> 00:38:55,099 Starting with my dad, 653 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,568 he brought the Filipino culture here. 654 00:38:57,635 --> 00:39:00,504 Did you know that nobody ever ate rice here before Papa came? 655 00:39:00,571 --> 00:39:02,073 Everybody ate potatoes only. 656 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:03,641 -Potatoes? -Potatoes. 657 00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:04,709 [Marcella Amodo-White] And that's what Momma said, 658 00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:06,344 they never had rice here. 659 00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:09,046 And now rice is like the main dish for everybody's food. 660 00:39:09,113 --> 00:39:13,017 Then Daddy came here, he's been here for 18 years now. 661 00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:14,485 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Did Daddy have to change some of 662 00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:17,288 his ways when he came down here? 663 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:20,024 [Marcella Amodo-White] Oh yeah, it's like a culture shock for 664 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:23,260 him but at the same time, it was a good one. 665 00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:26,530 This lifestyle was ready for him before he even knew it. 666 00:39:26,597 --> 00:39:28,599 And not only is our culture gonna stay here but you know, 667 00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:30,501 you see how he is so gung-ho to sit there and 668 00:39:30,568 --> 00:39:32,870 like share it with everybody else? 669 00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:34,405 [Jazmine Amodo-White] So, do you think the mixing of 670 00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:36,006 other cultures is a good thing? 671 00:39:36,073 --> 00:39:37,908 [Marcella Amodo-White] It's a very good thing. 672 00:39:37,975 --> 00:39:41,712 It's taking our light here and then shining it elsewhere. 673 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:43,280 You want to check the time, 674 00:39:43,347 --> 00:39:45,516 it's almost, should be almost time for church. 675 00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:47,017 [Jazmine Amodo-White] It's 5:30. 676 00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:48,352 [Marcella Amodo-White] Oh yeah, we definitely need 677 00:39:48,419 --> 00:39:51,689 to get dressed and head out, head up to church. 678 00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:53,491 [Jazmine Amodo-White] Okay. 679 00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:59,497 -Man, heck of a night. -Geeze. 680 00:39:59,563 --> 00:40:01,432 [Tig Strassburg] Got that one doyonh in a snare and 681 00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:04,001 then we got this guy in a trap. 682 00:40:05,603 --> 00:40:08,406 It's exactly what we need for potlatch. 683 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,375 When we lose a person in the community, 684 00:40:11,442 --> 00:40:15,513 we have a memorial potlatch in order to honor that person. 685 00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:17,715 I already told you Uncle Hank, 686 00:40:17,782 --> 00:40:20,551 I got a doyonh for him, he was real happy. 687 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:22,753 You know, their daughter passed away, 688 00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:25,523 so they're having, your mom's niece. 689 00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:27,091 Auntie Shea, remember her? 690 00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:30,661 Cousin Shea, yeah, they're having potlatch for her too, so. 691 00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:34,165 Part of our potlatch is a cloth dance. 692 00:40:34,231 --> 00:40:36,967 We take a lot of hanks of cloth and we tie them together 693 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:39,603 in a big circle in our community hall. 694 00:40:39,670 --> 00:40:43,073 Ad then we tie these doyonh and teekkone's on there. 695 00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:46,677 The men grab the doyonh-teekkone furs and 696 00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:50,147 we shake them as we dance around and, and sing. 697 00:40:51,515 --> 00:40:54,318 You know, they might be dead and gone but they still got spirit. 698 00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:57,855 When we tie these on to the cloth and we shake them, 699 00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:00,458 this wolf and that wolverine their spirit is 700 00:41:00,524 --> 00:41:04,295 in that circle dancing with us when we shake them on the cloth. 701 00:41:04,361 --> 00:41:06,063 That's why you shake them hard, 702 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:07,998 you shake them hard like they're running. 703 00:41:08,065 --> 00:41:10,801 And then also, the loved ones that we lost are gonna 704 00:41:10,868 --> 00:41:13,337 be dancing in that circle with us also. 705 00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:16,006 So that's the significance of the cloth dance. 706 00:41:16,073 --> 00:41:18,709 You know, that's something that our people have always done. 707 00:41:18,776 --> 00:41:20,845 Thousands and thousands of years, 708 00:41:20,911 --> 00:41:23,314 our people have always had potlatch for the loved ones. 709 00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:28,686 And they've always had doyonh and teekkone tied to the cloth. 710 00:41:28,752 --> 00:41:31,822 It's a powerful, powerful tradition that we carry on, 711 00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:34,158 we're never gonna lose that one. 712 00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:37,394 So someday it's gonna be upon you to go out here and 713 00:41:37,461 --> 00:41:40,998 try and get this types of stuff for potlatch, you know. 714 00:41:42,132 --> 00:41:44,902 Someday I'll teach you how to trap wolf. 715 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:46,871 [Tig Strassburg] THANK YOU VERY MUCH WOLF. 716 00:41:46,937 --> 00:41:47,972 [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 717 00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:50,841 THANK YOU VERY MUCH WOLVERINE. [IN CENTRAL DENAAKK'E LANGUAGE] 718 00:41:57,681 --> 00:41:59,817 [Joel Jacko] Tracker dog, what are you doing? 719 00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:01,619 What are you doing? 720 00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:04,922 Well, I managed to get the sawmill back into my bay. 721 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:08,292 And I got my boards all ripped and back home. 722 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:09,760 It was a good productive day. 723 00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:12,329 Now I got, uh, you know, I got enough lumber to kind of finish 724 00:42:12,396 --> 00:42:14,832 a couple things around the house which is good. 725 00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:16,934 Maybe a dog house. Huh? 726 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:18,469 What do you think, we need a dog house? 727 00:42:18,536 --> 00:42:20,237 At least you got a house, you got a whole house. 728 00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:22,273 Now I'm gonna get these inside and then, uh, 729 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:24,308 basically I can just start my next project. 730 00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:27,144 [Joel Jacko] THERE AREN'T MANY ELDERS REALLY LEFT OUT HERE, 731 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:30,214 SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TECHNIQUE BEING PASSED DOWN. 732 00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:31,282 [Joel Jacko] So now I'm out here just kinda 733 00:42:31,348 --> 00:42:32,650 figuring it out on my own. 734 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:34,952 And feel like I'm just learning stuff all the time. 735 00:42:38,489 --> 00:42:39,890 [Marcella Amodo-White] Through the prayers of our holy fathers, 736 00:42:39,957 --> 00:42:43,127 oh Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. 737 00:42:43,193 --> 00:42:45,729 ♪ Amen ♪♪ 738 00:42:46,163 --> 00:42:47,164 [Marcella Amodo-White] It's important for me 739 00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:49,166 to teach our kids. 740 00:42:50,134 --> 00:42:52,703 Taking them out on the beach, even before they walk. 741 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:55,940 The subsistence way of life is very normal for them. 742 00:42:56,006 --> 00:43:00,144 Now and ever and unto ages of ages of, amen. 743 00:43:02,112 --> 00:43:04,181 [Tig Strassburg] Once I'm done skinning this wolf, 744 00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:06,083 I got to pay ultimate respect. 745 00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:08,852 I need to put its carcass out someplace way out 746 00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:11,655 in the woods where no one else is gonna go. 747 00:43:12,690 --> 00:43:14,992 You know, nice open country. 748 00:43:15,859 --> 00:43:18,429 This is the kind of country that he loved right here. 749 00:43:19,863 --> 00:43:23,267 This wolf needs its last meal, I almost forgot, 750 00:43:23,334 --> 00:43:25,803 you got to put fat in its mouth. 751 00:43:25,869 --> 00:43:28,539 Don't want to send him off with a empty belly. 752 00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:31,609 You know, I'm grateful that I have the knowledge 753 00:43:31,675 --> 00:43:33,611 to go out here and do these types of stuff. 754 00:43:33,677 --> 00:43:36,146 It's the types of stuff I seen my dad do growing up. 755 00:43:36,213 --> 00:43:39,249 Type of stuff I seen my grandparents do growing up. 756 00:43:42,486 --> 00:43:44,154 You know, it started way off in the woods 757 00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:47,324 in a nomadic lifestyle. 758 00:43:47,391 --> 00:43:49,159 Our people been here for a long time, 759 00:43:49,226 --> 00:43:51,729 and they figured out a lot of stuff. 760 00:43:54,331 --> 00:43:57,801 There's no place that's gonna bring me closer to the Creator 761 00:43:57,868 --> 00:43:59,470 or whatever brought us upon this earth 762 00:43:59,536 --> 00:44:00,704 than being out there in the woods. 763 00:44:00,771 --> 00:44:01,772 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.